Old Five and Dimers - Emmylou Harris

I spent a lifetime making up my mind to be

More than the measure of what

I thought others could see

Good luck and fast bucks are

too far and too few between

Cadillac buyers and old five

and dimers like me

Yes she stood beside me letting

me know she would be

Something to lean on when

everything ran out on me

Fenced yards ain't hole cards

and like is not never will be

Reason for rhymers and old five

and dimers like me

It's taken me so long but now

that I know I believe

All that I do or say all that I ever will be

Too far and too high and too deep

ain't too much to be

Too much ain't enough for old five

and dimers like me

Too far and too high and too deep

ain't too much to be

Too much ain't enough for old five

and dimers like me

And an old five and dimer is

all I intended to be